Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-06
The STANDARD In COURT.
Criminal Proceedings Against the Giant
Oil Monopoly Magnatos,
CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY.
Employing an Agent to Blow Up tho
Works of Rival Concern in
Buffalo, n. Y.-Dccision
Reserved.
An Interesting Case.

BUFFALO, n. Y, Jan. 5.-TSpecial Tele-
| gram to the BEE THE sensational charge
of conspiracy brought by the Buffalo Lubri-
eating Oil company limited, against the
Standard Oil company magnates came up in
the court of oyer and terminer late yesterday
, afternoon. The defendants are John A.
Archibald, Henry IL. Rogers, Ambrose Nc
Gregor, Charles NJ. Everest and Hiram B.
Everest District Attorney Quimby appeared
Tor the people and Theodore Bacon for the
standard people. The general charEe is that
oI conspiracy, including subornation of per-
jury. The special charge is that the Stan
dard men employed Albert Miller, supernten-
dent OF the lubricating works, to so construct
their buildings that they could easily he de.
stroyed by explosion; that Mitler, under their
direction, did plan the explosion; that by
prepared fires he blew up one of the stills,
aud believing his work to have been accom-.
pushed, he took refuge in the Atlas Standard
works; that he was taken by Hiram b. Ever
est to New York, Boston and San Francisco,
ana was supported for year and a
half in idleness on salary of
Sl,0OO and expenses. Mtler Is
alleged to have confessed the fact to c. B.
Matthews, president of the lubricatng com.
pany. An indictment was obtained for con-
splracy, but the Standard men demurred and
Justice Rance sent the case back to the court
OF sessions. The present Indictment was
found year ago, and to this the Standard
people also demurred, and in April last ii was
argued before Justice Chids and the de-
murrer was overruled by him. The defend
ants then pleaded not guilty. Now they ask
the same justice to grant an order permitting
them to see the evidence submitted to the
grand jury, and also to order the district at
torney to give them bill of particulars of the
charges against them. The former applica-
ton has been made in many famous cases.
but has rarely been granted. The latter is
common enough.
Mr. Bacon referred to the Indictment as
a drag net affair."" which would per.
NIT the people TO show everything
they could draw out between now
and the time the court gave the evidence to
the jury. The Standard oil men, perhaps,
could not expect a fair trial, yet they had
some rights that ordinary deccncy demanded
should be respected. They were charged
up to the sseyerest punishment Yet they
were denied the list of such offenses. The
defendants claim was that G. u. Matthews,
not they, was the cOnspiratOr.
me district attorney answering said the
Standard managers had full information OF
the charges during the trial of the civil action;
that this pickering was arranged to force the
Statute limitations as bar against proceed.
ing. or to ind some larger flaw in the indct-
Inent ne and so get the defendants discharged.
If they wanted the facts, let them interview
their detectives, attorneys and tools" scat
tered all over the globe. They called Miller
self-conyicted rascal presumably upon the
evidence OF their man Everest, who slept
with him year and a half.
The court took the papers and reserved its
decision.